Re: I Dont think bellews the fighter his fans on ESB talk him up to be

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Originally Posted by pikecubic

Exactly! He is a completely different fighter since returning to the rotunda. Mick and Mark have taken him back to basics and I believe he has steadily improved since then which has shown in each fight. I believe he is still very much a work in progress and people seem to forget that although he is 29, he has only had 19 pro fights and is still very much developing within the pro game. I believe he did the right thing in outboxing Miranda rather then getting involved in a tear up, and I think the criticism leveled at him following that fight was unfair. I believe his tactics before the cut in last nights fight though were a reaction to said criticism, but the fact that he was smart and skilled enough to completely change tactics following the cut showed how far he has come in the last 2 years.

Re: I Dont think bellews the fighter his fans on ESB talk him up to be

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Originally Posted by Boxing****yst

People can slate Bellew all they want but two years ago he was struggling against English/British level fighters, he's up there with Selby and Burns as Britain's most improved fighters, he's done very well in a short space of time recently IMO.

Let's be honest, after the Ajisafe and Mckenzie fights did you honestly even think he'd go past British level? Everyone was ripping him to shreds on here.

I see him as a fringe world level fighter at the minute, who knows give it another 18 months he may continue to improve and become the world class fighter he believes he can be, he's certainly talented enough.

As for last nights performance I thought it was perfectly acceptable considering the cut, he was far too keen to get his man out of there though, especially early on, when he works behind his jab and uses his intelligence he's a hard man to beat.

You are right. i shouldn't be spouting jargon. Its just very irritating that on the brit forum, Bellew has such a big following and people describe him as fan friendly when in at least 3 of his fights he's looked utterly boring. I just don't think he's the fighter people talk him up to be. and when you read things like he's the best technical boxer in the UK, i find statements like this absolutely mind boggling.